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TIL Deutsch Limit: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch_limit>
Etymology from this quip: “Well, this is all fine and well, but the problem with visual programming languages is that you can’t have more than 50 visual primitives on the screen at the same time. How are you going to write an operating system?”

That and other _totally bogus_ objections collected here: <https://github.com/ivanreese/visual-programming-codex/blob/master/criticisms.md>

I find it at least a little amusing that the text editor I have open is currently displaying just over 60 lines of code.

Also, my background is in 3d animation. Don't come at me with that "50 visual primitives" nonsense, Fred.

(No shade directed at you, <@UDKTZSD6H> — I just _love_ dumping mud on the Deutsch Limit)

Oh nope, I am pretty programming is barely just symbolic manipulation guy. I just found it amusing that quasi-science (like most of UX anyway) has ideas like that. Also, sweet move in compiling the criticisms in a repo.

even architectural diagrams (like, architectural buildings not architectural software lol) have way more than 50 visual primitives

literally just fonts involve more than 50 primitives!